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Faculty Chairmen protest administrative growth
Department Chairpersons in
the College of Liberal Arts voted
unanimously to protest the "proliferation" and "centralization"
of administrators on campus
during their regular meeting last
week.
The first vote taken expressed
the feeling of the chairpersons
that increases in the number of
administrative officers on campus were unnecessary, and took
funds away from the departments. Dr. Collin Silverthorne,
Chairman of the Psychology
Department, introduced the
resolution, but said, "any of us
could have introduced it," and
commented that the unanimous
vote was indicative that his feelings were widely shared.
"The apparent need for these
new positions is not there,"
Silverthorne said. "We're being
cut ten dollars here and twenty
dollars there. The people they've
hired are fine, but why are these
positions needed?"
Dr. Silverthorne stated that no
regular mechanism for faculty
input for such decisions and
appointments could be devised.
"The administration can ignore
us or listen to us," he said. "All
we can do is express our feelings." He praised the work ofthe
Faculty Welfare Committee,
which would be the usual avenue
for such complaints, but said
that committee can only do "so
much." "The only other option is
unionization," Silverthorne
commented. "There's more feeling in favor of that this year than
ever before." He said that the
faculty did not want to be in on
every decision, but needed to express its opinions in matters such
as the alleged proliferation.
Dr. Anthony Seidl, Univer
sity Provost, responded to the
first resolution by objecting to
the contention that administrative posts have greatly increased. "There may be an increase of one or two," said Dr.
Seidl, "but most of what we've
done is just re-shuffling." He
stated that positions had, for the
most part, simply been transferred from various offices and
renamed, but that the existence
of new administrators did not
necessarily imply an increase in
their total number.
Data is uncertain as to the
facts of the situation. Neitherthe
Office of Institutional Studies
nor the Personnel Office could
supply exact figures as to the
total numbers of administrators
for the previous few years. The
Personnel Office did report,
however, that three hundred
administrators and staff work
ers were currently on the payroll, as compared to an unconfirmed estimate of 229 for last
year.
Faculty data are far more precise. Only 400 faculty members
are currently listed at the University, compared to 411 last year,
and 411 two years ago. With only
minor fluctuations, the total
faculty employment has steadily
been decreasing since 1969.
University Senate minutes f'om
last semester indicate that
administrative totals have rebounded between 217 and 234
during the past five years.
The second trend protested by
the Liberal Arts Chairpersons
was the "centralization" of
administrative offices. Dr. Elizabeth Gleason of the History
Department, who introduced the
second resolution, said that she
was thinking particularly of the
remodeling being done in Campion Hall for the offices and
Business and Finance. The "B"
level of Campion formerly consisted of choice classrooms, so
designated because of their central location and low noise level.
"It isn't the fact that spaces are
being taken, it's the way it's being
done," Dr. Gleason said. "They
were pre-empted without consulting the faculty. I think first
things have to come first, and the
first thing is the teaching situation.
"I think we should have gotten
notice that this was being
contemplated," said stated.
Dr. Gleason recognized that
consultation with the faculty is
difficult, for, as she put it, the
faculty is a "many-headed"
organism. Nonetheless, the
strongly felt that major deci-
(see hack page)
SAn cizAn
Vol. 69, No. 12
foghorn
Mclnnes tells Senate priorities
October II, 1974
Norton becomes
Fr. William C. Mclnnes, S.J.,
President of the University of
San Francisco, addressed the
University Senate at its regular
meeting last Friday. His brief address focused on the goals he
hoped the Senate would attain
during the present year.
Mclnnes' speech opened the
first session ofthe Senate, but his
presentation was eclipsed by the
proposal of two reports to the
Senate, one by the Core Curriculum Committee, and one by
the Grading Policy Committee.
Although these reports were debated, no decisions were made,
and both matters were deferred
to the Senate's November meeting.
Fr. Mclnnes first urged the
Senate to expedite its committee
system, and to require that its
committees submit reports according to a defined schedule. He
also asked that the Senate create
four new University-wide committees:
1) an Academic Standards
Committee — to review the University's academic goals on a
yearly basis.
2) a Sabbatical Review Committee — to be dominated by faculty member, and to judge the
merits of all requests for faculty
leaves. Fr. Mclnnes favors regular sabbatical leaves, but does
not feel that they should be granted automatically. Rather, he
asked that this committee use
each request's potential to increase a faculty member's value
to the University as a basis on
which to judge sabbaticals.
3) a Social Objectives Committee — to study the relationship of the University's ideals to
its social surrounding.
4) a Spiritual Objectives Committee — designed to contemplate the University's traditions
and goals in the religious realm.
These proposals will be sent to
the Senate's Committee on
Committees for consideration
and action.
Adding emphasis to his earlier
statements, Fr. Mclnnes said
that he was awaiting the reports
of the Committees on Core
Curriculum and Grading, as well
as other Senate bodies.
Following Mclnnes' remarks,
Dr. Lloyd Luckmann, Vice-
President for Academic Affairs
and Chairman ofthe Core Curriculum Committee, presented
that Committee's report. He responded to several questions
from the audience regarding the
recommendations of the Committee, and outlined the basic
structure of the system it envisions (48 units in three areas, see
last week's Foghorn for details):
Luckmann remarked that the
student response had largely
been concerned with the total
number of units rather than with
the quality of education.
Melan Jaich, ASUSF
Academic Vice-President, responded by announcing that he
was working on a Student Core
Curriculum Committee which
will present a counter-proposal
within two weeks. Jaich explained that his committee's
work was being done as a separate entity, and was not a reaction to the faculty report, but
would present clear alternatives.
The Grading Committee's
report was then presented by
Professor Alan Heineman of the
English Department, that Committee's Vice-Chairman. Heine-
man surprised the audience by
announcing that the adoption of
his report might cause academic
work to slump over a period of a
few years, but that it would eventually improve the learning process.
Both reports will be voted
upon in November. Senate
Chairman Robert Cunningham
requested that those desiring to
speak at that meeting on either
topic submit their names to be
placed on the agenda well in advance, since debate is expected to
be "long and bloody," as one
Senator commented.
Assistant Provost
University of San Francisco
President William C. Mclnnes,
S.J., has announced the appointment of John F. Norton as Assistant to the Provost for Communications, a newly created
position.
Dr. Norton, a former Los
Angeles business executive,
assumes control of five campus
offices involved with information flow: Management
Information, Public Information, Publications, Special
Events, and Word Processing.
He is 37, a native of Boston,
and a graduate of Boston College with M.A. and Ph.D. de
grees from the University of
Pennsylvania in English literature and language.
Since-1972 he had been assistant to the president of a Los Angeles corporation, developing
computerization of records and
information. He has studied
computer languages at the IBM
Data Processing Educution Center in L.A.
For six years, 1966-72, Dr.
Norton was an assistant professor of English and adviser to
the student newspaper at the
University of California, Riverside.
State offers tuition relief
California State financial aid
scholarships are now available
through the USF Office of
Financial Aid, according to Fr.
Norton Herold, Director of that
office.
Fr. Herold announced that
students who are United States
citizens, or who are permanent
residents of the United States,
and who are residents of
California are eligible to receive
the scholarships. Six hundred
and fifty to seven hundred USF
students are currently receiving
such aid, and many of these are
in the amount of $2,200 — the
full cost of USF tuition. Others
receive lesser amounts, but most
are over $1,000.
"We're sponsoring an all-out
drive to get students to apply for
the money," said Fr. Herold.
"With the cost of education what
it is and the limitations on institutional funds, Californians can
take real pride in this scholarship program. It's one ofthe best
in the country."
Students eligible for the
scholarship funds must file an
application with the state headquarters in Sacramento prior to
November 22, 1974. They must
have taken the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) prior to November 7th (previous scores can
be submitted), and must submit a
Parents' Confidential Statement (PCS) before the deadline.
All of these forms may be obtained through Fr. Herold's office, located on the "B" floor of
Campion Hall.
Applicants must be under 30
years of age, unless they have
been in military service posi
tions, and must have completed
not more than six semesters of
college. Thus, students who are
presently juniors can apply for
scholarships for their senior
yearsl and freshmen and sophomores can seek relief for the remainder of the college careers.
Fr. Herold especially desired
that students presently receiving
University funds apply for the
state scholarships, as this would
free University monies for use by
out-of-state students and others
who are ineligible for the California assistance program.
An important aspect of the
applications is that no exceptions are made to the deadlines.
Therefore, it is essential that students needing the California
scholarships apply as soon as
possible.

Faculty Chairmen protest administrative growth
Department Chairpersons in
the College of Liberal Arts voted
unanimously to protest the "proliferation" and "centralization"
of administrators on campus
during their regular meeting last
week.
The first vote taken expressed
the feeling of the chairpersons
that increases in the number of
administrative officers on campus were unnecessary, and took
funds away from the departments. Dr. Collin Silverthorne,
Chairman of the Psychology
Department, introduced the
resolution, but said, "any of us
could have introduced it," and
commented that the unanimous
vote was indicative that his feelings were widely shared.
"The apparent need for these
new positions is not there,"
Silverthorne said. "We're being
cut ten dollars here and twenty
dollars there. The people they've
hired are fine, but why are these
positions needed?"
Dr. Silverthorne stated that no
regular mechanism for faculty
input for such decisions and
appointments could be devised.
"The administration can ignore
us or listen to us," he said. "All
we can do is express our feelings." He praised the work ofthe
Faculty Welfare Committee,
which would be the usual avenue
for such complaints, but said
that committee can only do "so
much." "The only other option is
unionization," Silverthorne
commented. "There's more feeling in favor of that this year than
ever before." He said that the
faculty did not want to be in on
every decision, but needed to express its opinions in matters such
as the alleged proliferation.
Dr. Anthony Seidl, Univer
sity Provost, responded to the
first resolution by objecting to
the contention that administrative posts have greatly increased. "There may be an increase of one or two," said Dr.
Seidl, "but most of what we've
done is just re-shuffling." He
stated that positions had, for the
most part, simply been transferred from various offices and
renamed, but that the existence
of new administrators did not
necessarily imply an increase in
their total number.
Data is uncertain as to the
facts of the situation. Neitherthe
Office of Institutional Studies
nor the Personnel Office could
supply exact figures as to the
total numbers of administrators
for the previous few years. The
Personnel Office did report,
however, that three hundred
administrators and staff work
ers were currently on the payroll, as compared to an unconfirmed estimate of 229 for last
year.
Faculty data are far more precise. Only 400 faculty members
are currently listed at the University, compared to 411 last year,
and 411 two years ago. With only
minor fluctuations, the total
faculty employment has steadily
been decreasing since 1969.
University Senate minutes f'om
last semester indicate that
administrative totals have rebounded between 217 and 234
during the past five years.
The second trend protested by
the Liberal Arts Chairpersons
was the "centralization" of
administrative offices. Dr. Elizabeth Gleason of the History
Department, who introduced the
second resolution, said that she
was thinking particularly of the
remodeling being done in Campion Hall for the offices and
Business and Finance. The "B"
level of Campion formerly consisted of choice classrooms, so
designated because of their central location and low noise level.
"It isn't the fact that spaces are
being taken, it's the way it's being
done," Dr. Gleason said. "They
were pre-empted without consulting the faculty. I think first
things have to come first, and the
first thing is the teaching situation.
"I think we should have gotten
notice that this was being
contemplated," said stated.
Dr. Gleason recognized that
consultation with the faculty is
difficult, for, as she put it, the
faculty is a "many-headed"
organism. Nonetheless, the
strongly felt that major deci-
(see hack page)
SAn cizAn
Vol. 69, No. 12
foghorn
Mclnnes tells Senate priorities
October II, 1974
Norton becomes
Fr. William C. Mclnnes, S.J.,
President of the University of
San Francisco, addressed the
University Senate at its regular
meeting last Friday. His brief address focused on the goals he
hoped the Senate would attain
during the present year.
Mclnnes' speech opened the
first session ofthe Senate, but his
presentation was eclipsed by the
proposal of two reports to the
Senate, one by the Core Curriculum Committee, and one by
the Grading Policy Committee.
Although these reports were debated, no decisions were made,
and both matters were deferred
to the Senate's November meeting.
Fr. Mclnnes first urged the
Senate to expedite its committee
system, and to require that its
committees submit reports according to a defined schedule. He
also asked that the Senate create
four new University-wide committees:
1) an Academic Standards
Committee — to review the University's academic goals on a
yearly basis.
2) a Sabbatical Review Committee — to be dominated by faculty member, and to judge the
merits of all requests for faculty
leaves. Fr. Mclnnes favors regular sabbatical leaves, but does
not feel that they should be granted automatically. Rather, he
asked that this committee use
each request's potential to increase a faculty member's value
to the University as a basis on
which to judge sabbaticals.
3) a Social Objectives Committee — to study the relationship of the University's ideals to
its social surrounding.
4) a Spiritual Objectives Committee — designed to contemplate the University's traditions
and goals in the religious realm.
These proposals will be sent to
the Senate's Committee on
Committees for consideration
and action.
Adding emphasis to his earlier
statements, Fr. Mclnnes said
that he was awaiting the reports
of the Committees on Core
Curriculum and Grading, as well
as other Senate bodies.
Following Mclnnes' remarks,
Dr. Lloyd Luckmann, Vice-
President for Academic Affairs
and Chairman ofthe Core Curriculum Committee, presented
that Committee's report. He responded to several questions
from the audience regarding the
recommendations of the Committee, and outlined the basic
structure of the system it envisions (48 units in three areas, see
last week's Foghorn for details):
Luckmann remarked that the
student response had largely
been concerned with the total
number of units rather than with
the quality of education.
Melan Jaich, ASUSF
Academic Vice-President, responded by announcing that he
was working on a Student Core
Curriculum Committee which
will present a counter-proposal
within two weeks. Jaich explained that his committee's
work was being done as a separate entity, and was not a reaction to the faculty report, but
would present clear alternatives.
The Grading Committee's
report was then presented by
Professor Alan Heineman of the
English Department, that Committee's Vice-Chairman. Heine-
man surprised the audience by
announcing that the adoption of
his report might cause academic
work to slump over a period of a
few years, but that it would eventually improve the learning process.
Both reports will be voted
upon in November. Senate
Chairman Robert Cunningham
requested that those desiring to
speak at that meeting on either
topic submit their names to be
placed on the agenda well in advance, since debate is expected to
be "long and bloody," as one
Senator commented.
Assistant Provost
University of San Francisco
President William C. Mclnnes,
S.J., has announced the appointment of John F. Norton as Assistant to the Provost for Communications, a newly created
position.
Dr. Norton, a former Los
Angeles business executive,
assumes control of five campus
offices involved with information flow: Management
Information, Public Information, Publications, Special
Events, and Word Processing.
He is 37, a native of Boston,
and a graduate of Boston College with M.A. and Ph.D. de
grees from the University of
Pennsylvania in English literature and language.
Since-1972 he had been assistant to the president of a Los Angeles corporation, developing
computerization of records and
information. He has studied
computer languages at the IBM
Data Processing Educution Center in L.A.
For six years, 1966-72, Dr.
Norton was an assistant professor of English and adviser to
the student newspaper at the
University of California, Riverside.
State offers tuition relief
California State financial aid
scholarships are now available
through the USF Office of
Financial Aid, according to Fr.
Norton Herold, Director of that
office.
Fr. Herold announced that
students who are United States
citizens, or who are permanent
residents of the United States,
and who are residents of
California are eligible to receive
the scholarships. Six hundred
and fifty to seven hundred USF
students are currently receiving
such aid, and many of these are
in the amount of $2,200 — the
full cost of USF tuition. Others
receive lesser amounts, but most
are over $1,000.
"We're sponsoring an all-out
drive to get students to apply for
the money," said Fr. Herold.
"With the cost of education what
it is and the limitations on institutional funds, Californians can
take real pride in this scholarship program. It's one ofthe best
in the country."
Students eligible for the
scholarship funds must file an
application with the state headquarters in Sacramento prior to
November 22, 1974. They must
have taken the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) prior to November 7th (previous scores can
be submitted), and must submit a
Parents' Confidential Statement (PCS) before the deadline.
All of these forms may be obtained through Fr. Herold's office, located on the "B" floor of
Campion Hall.
Applicants must be under 30
years of age, unless they have
been in military service posi
tions, and must have completed
not more than six semesters of
college. Thus, students who are
presently juniors can apply for
scholarships for their senior
yearsl and freshmen and sophomores can seek relief for the remainder of the college careers.
Fr. Herold especially desired
that students presently receiving
University funds apply for the
state scholarships, as this would
free University monies for use by
out-of-state students and others
who are ineligible for the California assistance program.
An important aspect of the
applications is that no exceptions are made to the deadlines.
Therefore, it is essential that students needing the California
scholarships apply as soon as
possible.